1 st None shall be admitted (unless by a particular Act of the Governors) but such as can read...
2Peter Jay to David Peloquin, 16 May 1762 (Jay Papers)
I had the honour of writing to you the 12 Decemb: & 6 feb. last, and have since received your...
3Samuel Johnson to Peter Jay, 24 September 1762 (Jay Papers)
In a Letter I had lately from the Archbishop of Canterbury, he expressed some Wonderment that the...
4To John Jay from Peter Jay, early 1763 (Jay Papers)
You may read my Letter that covers this, to your Aunts Depeyster & Chambers, to prevent any...
5Peter Jay to James Jay, 15 February 1763 (Jay Papers)
My last was the 15 ult o ., and have since received your letters of the 30 Sept., 5 Octob: & 6...
1 Each person, to be admitted, shall be able to give a rational account of the Latin & Greek...
7Peter Jay to James Jay, 14 April 1763 (Jay Papers)
Since my last of the 15 th . Feb:, I have received your Letters of the 28 Nov r & 8 January— the...
8Peter Jay to David Peloquin, 14 April 1763 (Jay Papers)
My last was the 15 th February and I have now before me your kind favours of the 18 th . Novemb r...
9David Peloquin to Peter Jay, 26 July-6 August 1763 (Jay Papers)
I was duly favoured with yours of 14th of April last, with an inclosed for Sir James Jay which I...
10To John Jay from Peter Jay, 9 August 1763 (Jay Papers)
it’s very long since I’ve recd: any Letters from you. I recd: last Post a Letter from Doctr:...
11To John Jay from Peter Jay, 23 August 1763 (Jay Papers)
Your Letter and Box p r . Barker is received—y r Letter p r . Alley was deliver’d me since Fady...
12To John Jay from Samuel Johnson, 27 October 1763 (Jay Papers)
I should long since have answered your kind Letter but heard you & Benson intended me a Visit in...
13Peter Jay to David Peloquin, 15 November 1763 (Jay Papers)
Your kind favours of the 26 July 6 & 10 Aug t together with the Magazines are come to hand by...
14To John Jay from Peter Jay, 16 January 1764 (Jay Papers)
Your letter and the Boy were immediately sent to M r . Punderson, who I’ve not seen since but am...
15To John Jay from Peter Jay, 28 February 1764 (Jay Papers)
I have recd: your Letter of last Friday.— I’m of your oppinion that M r . Ernest’s Terms are too...
16Peter Jay to David Peloquin, 15 May 1764 (Jay Papers)
I have receiv’d your favour of the 2 d . feb: together with the Magazines per the Minerva.—My...
17To John Jay from Peter Jay, 22 May 1764 (Jay Papers)
I’ve not receiv’d a line from you since I left Town—the Post told me ^ this Morn g : ^ the...
18Account of the King’s College Commencement, 28 May 1764 (Jay Papers)
A publick Commencement was holden on Tuesday last, at St. George’s Chapel, in this City. The...
19From John Jay to Robert R. Livingston, 2 April 1765 (Jay Papers)
After we parted last Saturday Evening I retired to my Room, and spent the remaining part of it in...
20To John Jay from Peter Jay, 15 April 1765 (Jay Papers)
On receipt of this Letter, you must immediately deliver the inclosed to M r . Auchmuty— As much...
21From John Jay to Robert R. Livingston, 1 May 1765 (Jay Papers)
Studious to avoid every Suspicion that m[ torn ] ous to the good opinion which you say you [ torn...
22From John Jay to Robert R. Livingston, 31 October 1765 (Jay Papers)
Never my Dear Friend have I been more at a Loss in answering a Letter than I now am, and never...
23From John Jay to Robert R. Livingston, 4 March 1766 (Jay Papers)
I received Yours of the 1 st . March Yesterday. altho I did not suspect any Part of my Letter to...
24To John Jay from Benjamin Kissam, 25 April 1766 (Jay Papers)
I have been strongly sollicited to take a Jaunt with Mr. Inglis to Philadelphia, and he proposes...
25To John Jay from Benjamin Kissam, 26 April 1766 (Jay Papers)
We were last Night strangely deluded with a mistaken account of the Repeal of the Stamp Act; and...
26From John Jay to Benjamin Kissam, 12 August 1766 (Jay Papers)
To tell you that I often find myself at a loss for something to say, would be telling you nothing...
27To John Jay from Benjamin Kissam, 25 August 1766 (Jay Papers)
I just now received your long Letter of the 8 ^ 12th ^ Inst: and am not a little pleasd with the...
28Account of the King’s College Commencement, 28 May 1767 (Jay Papers)
On Tuesday (last Week) was held our Annual Commencement, at St. Paul’s-Chapel, in this City. His...
29Rules of the Debating Society, 1768 (Jay Papers)
AD , in the hand of Peter Van Schaack, NHi : Peter Van Schaack. These notes come from the...
30Notes on Debate: Was Virginius Morally Justified in Putting His Daughter Virginia to Death? [1768] (Jay Papers)
The Matter was opened by M r D L who read the Story from the universal History— The Facts being...
31License to Practice Law in New York, 26 October 1768 (Jay Papers)
By His Excellency, Sir Henry Moore Baronet Captain General and Governor in Chief in and over the...
32From John Jay to Robert R. Livingston, January 1769 (Jay Papers)
The letter you mention to have wrote the week before last, has never come to Hand and I cant...
33To John Jay from Benjamin Kissam, 6 November 1769 (Jay Papers)
When you consider that all the Causes you have hither to tried, have been by a kind of...
34From John Jay to Samuel Kissam, 1 March 1770 (Jay Papers)
The manner in which you tell your brother that you expected a letter from me contains a reproof...
35The Rules and Members of the Moot Club, 23 November 1770 (Jay Papers)
The Subscribers being desirous of forming a club for social conversation & the mutual improv t ....
36Petition to the Earl of Dunmore, 12 June 1771 (Jay Papers)
To his Excellency the Right honourable John Earl of Dunmore Captain General and Governor in Chief...
37From John Jay to John Tabor Kempe, 27 December 1771 (Jay Papers)
Your Doubts respecting Faulkners Declaration appear well founded, and the Remarks contained in...
38To John Jay from John Tabor Kempe, 27 December 1771 (Jay Papers)
I have delayed an Answer to your Letter for some Hours, least I should forget what I owe to...
39To John Jay from Philip Schuyler, 1772 (Jay Papers)
Permit me to remind you that the Social Club commences this evening at this place, and that I...
40From John Jay to John Tabor Kempe, 2 January 1772 (Jay Papers)
The Receipt of your Letter should have been acknowledged before had I not been out of Town when...
41To John Jay from Samuel Kissam, 22 July 1772 (Jay Papers)
In the name of the Gods my Dear Jay! what can have made you the Subject of Diseases? I thought...
42From John Jay to Robert Randall, 2 February 1773 (Jay Papers)
I have rec d . and should have answered your Letter immediately, had I not found myself more...
43From John Jay to Robert Randall, 3 February 1773 (Jay Papers)
Permit me to assure you, that you are exceedingly mistaken if you suppose me desirous of hushing...
I John Jay of the City of New York Esqr. Clerk of the Commissioners lately appointed under the...
45From John Jay to the Earl of Dartmouth, 25 March 1773 (Jay Papers)
Tho a Stranger to your Lordship, I take the Liberty of troubling you with the inclosed Petition...
46Peter Jay to William Livingston, 31 January 1774 (Jay Papers)
My son having informed me of his Inclination of being connected in your Family, and your...
47New York Committee of Correspondence to the Committee of Correspondence, Boston, 23 May 1774 (Jay Papers)
The alarming Measures of the British Parliament relative to your ancient and respectable Town...
48From John Jay to John Vardill, 23 May 1774 (Jay Papers)
In a Town filled with Politics, and with a Mind crouded with many indigested Ideas, I have taken...
49Maria Eliza Philipse to Sarah Livingston Jay, 1 July 1774 (Jay Papers)
You will I hope my dear & amiable friend Excuse my not writing to you before. I have several...
50From John Jay to John Morin Scott, 22 June [20 July] 1774 (Jay Papers)
I was much surprised last Evening on being informed that in your speech of yesterday at the...